325 pages : 22 cm

Includes index

Introduction: The Greek language: A concise history -- Grammatical index -- Part I: Grammar: Readings from St. John -- Greek parts of speech ; suggestions for reading -- Syllabication and accent -- Greek nouns -- Nouns of the a-declension -- Nouns of the o-declension -- Adjectives of the a- and o-declensions -- Pronouns general -- Personal pronouns -- Synopsis of Tvw -- Further development of Tvw -- Augment and reduplication -- the r-mute verb -- The k-mute verb -- The n-mute verb -- The verb eim -- Review -- Consonant declension nouns -- Mute- and liquid-stem nouns -- Diphthong-stem nouns -- Consonant and a-declension adjectives -- The contract verb in -ew -- The contract verb in -aw -- The contract verb in -ow -- Declension of the active participles -- irregular Greek adjectives -- Declension of the contract participles -- Second perfect system of elow -- The liquid-stem verb -- Expansions -- The verb -- Certain irregular verbs -- Comparison of adjectives and adverbs -- Contract nouns and adjectives

Part II: Readings from the Anabasis, book I -- Introduction to Part II -- Darius nears the end of life -- Trouble between Cyrus and Artaxerxes -- Cyrus arms against the king -- A ruse to deceive the king -- Cyrus' friendship with Clearchus -- The contingent in Thessaly -- Massing for the big push -- The roster of the troops -- The expedition reaches Celaenae in Phrygia -- The palace and game preserve at Celaenae -- The halt at Celaenae -- A financial crisis -- Review of the armies at Tyriaeum -- Military prestige of the Greeks -- The march through Lycaonia and Cappadocia -- Syennesis abandons the Cilician Pass -- Cyrus finds Tarsus deserted -- Cyrus and Syennesis reach an agreement -- Speech of Clearchus to his men -- Double-talking orator -- Clearchus warns of Cyrus' wrath -- The democratic process -- Collective bargaining -- Arrival of reinforcements at Issus -- The strange retreat of Abrocomas -- Cyrus tactfully spares the deserters -- The crossing of the Euphrates -- Hunting in the desert -- The grim pinch of famine -- An example of good discipline -- Shopping by river raft -- Cyrus' estimate of civil freedom -- The call to battle stations -- 'Terrible as an army with banners' -- The caution of Clearchus -- The test of battle -- THe charge and death of Cyrus -- Subsequent maneuvers -- Victorious but marooned -- Review -- Appendix: Translation of the reading passages -- Using the translation -- WOrking translation from St. John -- WOrking translation of selections from the Anabasis of Xenophon -- Syntactical summary

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